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00:49 Hi and welcome to Health for a Lifestime. 00:51 Are you a vegetarian? We're gonna talk
00:54 about that today, I'm you host Don Mackintosh, 00:56 we're gonna talk about some advantages
00:58 that come by having a vegetarian diet. 01:02 And also some concerns that people have.
01:04 Talking with us about this important subject
01:07 is Dr. Nedley. And Dr. Nedley, you are from
01:09 Ardmore, Oklahoma still isn't that right? 01:11 That's right, been there for 18 years.
01:14 You travel around the world and you talk to
01:18 a lot of people about this subject. 01:21 You've written a book Proof Positive
and also 01:23 Depression the Way Out, and working
on 01:25 several other books. But what are some
of 01:28 the advantage first, advantages rather
first 01:31 off, concerning the vegetarian lifestyle
that 01:34 you've discovered in your research.
01:36 Well, vegetarians do live longer, 01:40 significantly longer, if you're a careful
01:41 vegetarian you can live up to 15 years longer
01:45 that someone in the general population. 01:47 And the advantages are way beyond that.
01:51 Not only do they have less cancer, 01:54 less heart disease. But they also have
01:57 improved mental health, compared to the
02:00 average non-vegetarian. They actually 02:04 make more melatonin at night,
02:07 which can be helpful in a number of ways.
02:10 And also you can decrease the amount of
02:12 heme iron, heme iron is a pro-oxidant, 02:16 which can cause some premature aging
factors 02:20 and also increase the risk of cancer
and heart 02:22 disease. And if you're a totally plant-based
02:25 vegetarian, you're not getting cholesterol 02:28 in diet. So, you don't have to worry
02:29 about the oxidized cholesterol and the 02:32 significant atherosclerosis that people
on cheese 02:36 and dairy and meat have to worry about.
02:39 So are there any plants that you shouldn't eat.
02:42 Yes, we wouldn't recommend eating tobacco. 02:47 There are defiantly poisonous mushrooms
and 02:50 other plants that you shouldn't eat.
02:53 We're talking about edible plants that are
02:56 healthy for you. So, don't just head out in
02:57 the woods right now, alright so. 03:00 That's right. Fruits, nuts, grains and
vegetables, 03:04 basically the things that are there
in the 03:06 original diet, we're discovering by
all these 03:08 studies that they have real advantages.
03:10 Absolutely. Well, you know someone's out there
03:12 saying oh! No, another program on vegetarianism, 03:15 well don't they know about the concerns,
03:17 what about this? What about that? 03:19 And you know every time you talk about
this, 03:21 I'm sure that you have people they come
03:23 up and say what about these? 03:24 What about that? Yes, that's right,
03:26 one of the concerns is protein, 03:28 we've dealt with that on a previous
topic 03:33 where we studied the protein concern
out 03:35 completely. But you can get all eight
essential 03:38 amino acid in abundant amounts without
ever 03:42 consuming animal protein. If you have
a baked 03:44 potato, if you have brown rice,
03:45 if you have over the other one's, 03:47 sweet potato. Yeah, virtually any vegetable
03:51 or grain, you're going to have all eight 03:55 essential amino acids, that if you ate
enough 03:58 to maintain your weight you would get
plenty 04:00 of those eight essential amino acids,
04:02 fruits would be the only exception, 04:03 if you're just a fruitarian, you make
short 04:06 of yourself. And those eight essential
04:08 amino acids. Yeah, if it's just blueberries 04:11 you probably blew it. Alright, what
about 04:14 someone say, what about your iron, you're
04:15 not gonna get enough iron? 04:18 Eat these snails. No, you can get plenty
04:22 of iron in the vegetarian diet; 04:25 it's true that you can be on an unhealthy
04:28 vegetarian diet, that is short on iron, okay.
04:32 And so just because you're a vegetarian does
04:34 not guarantee that you're going to get enough
04:36 iron. In fact you can, it's kind of interesting,
04:40 one of the physician who utilizes may lot
04:43 and consults may particular for 04:44 gastroenteritis problem, he likes to
joke about 04:47 my vegetarian diet. And he will say
04:50 consult Dr. Nedley regarding psoriasis of the
04:53 liver due to vegetarian product. 04:56 Well, of course he's talking about alcohol,
04:59 alcohol is a vegetarian product, 05:01 but it's not a healthy vegetarian product.
05:03 And some vegetarians might be eating cake and
05:05 ice-cream and soda pops all day along and
05:08 that's not gonna be healthy, 05:10 that's gonna be very unhealthy vegetarian
diet. 05:13 And so you can short yourself in iron
but 05:15 what we have is a graphic, are the foods
05:18 that are pretty high in iron. You can see that
05:24 Avocados at the bottom of the screen are
05:26 gonna have 2 mgs of iron and Mangoes 2mgs
05:30 and Whole Wheat Flour are 4� mgs. 05:32 And by the way White Flour virtually
doesn't 05:35 have any, in fact they have to try enriched
it, 05:38 they add 20 percent of the iron back,
05:41 Almonds, excellent source of iron 5 mgs of iron.
05:46 And than we have foods that are even 05:47 higher yet in iron on the next graphic.
05:53 So, like rice bran, and these types of things
05:56 even higher. Well, yeah rice bran is very low,
06:00 of course they're concentrated foods like
06:03 rice bran, and tofu, the concentrated food
06:05 very high in iron. Sunflower Seeds are quite
06:09 high in iron, you can see 9mgs of iron, 06:12 Soybeans 8, Spinach is actually an excellent
06:15 source of iron as well. Okay. 06:18 And so it's easy to get enough iron.
06:19 Now how much iron does meat have in a serving?
06:22 About 2mgs. Not very much. 06:24 And so you know the heme iron is more
readily 06:26 absorbed, it can be absorb maybe almost
twice 06:29 as readily as plant iron. But you can
see most 06:34 those plant foods have 4mgs of more
of iron 06:36 in it per serving and so that would
be, 06:41 it's very easy to get enough iron,
06:43 our vegetarian diet. Or you talked about 06:45 something there you said that heme iron
06:46 is easier to absorb than the plant iron, 06:49 what are the things we can do to enhance
06:52 the absorption of iron? Yeah, it's even 06:55 the non-heme iron can be more readily
06:57 absorbed if we pay attention to that. 07:00 And factors that decrease the absorption
07:03 of iron, Caffeine is one of those factors that
07:05 significantly decreases the absorption. 07:07 Decaf will also do it because of the
tannins. 07:11 And calcium supplements and dairy also
decrease 07:15 the absorption of iron. Being an athlete
does 07:19 not decrease absorption, but increases
red cell 07:23 turnover, increasing the need for more
iron. 07:25 Because they wear-out sooner.
07:27 That's right; this is one of the reasons why
07:28 athletes need a little more iron. 07:30 In fact I've seen many runners for instance,
07:33 particularly female runners short themselves 07:36 of iron and of course that will effect
their 07:38 running ability. Well, you know the
07:40 average red blood cell, well lives a 120 days
07:43 I think I remember. What happen when 07:45 you a runner? About 90 days. About 90
days, 07:48 yeah, it just gets worn-out; it's going
07:50 around the loop too quick. 07:51 And I guess so, we're not exactly sure
why 07:53 it's destroyed prematurely but it hasn't,
07:55 may just be the process of running itself 07:58 through those capillaries that smashes
08:01 them and destroys them. Well, you know 08:04 elephants and rhinoceroses and some
of 08:07 these animals are huge animals.
08:08 But I do hear this concern coming up that,
08:12 children that are raised with a vegetarian 08:15 lifestyle maybe stunted in their growth.
08:18 Yes, actually that is a false concern, 08:25 but there was an interesting study done
by 08:27 Dr. Sabate in California showing a comparison
08:30 of the growth of vegetarian children with
08:32 meat-consuming children in the same 08:33 geographic area in Southern California.
08:37 Those Meat-eating children were slightly taller
08:41 than the vegetarians until age ten. 08:45 And then after age 10, the vegetarians
caught 08:49 up and by age 18, the vegetarians had
08:52 surpassed their meat-eating counterparts, 08:54 being at least an inch taller as adults.
08:57 And so lot of individuals don't realize although
09:01 as a young child the meat-eating children 09:04 tend to, shoot up a little quicker,
09:06 shoot up a little quicker. Is that cause of the
09:07 protein, meat protein. Yeah, that's because of
09:10 the higher protein, but what happens is?
09:12 Their bony plates close, quicker too soon and
09:17 so they quit growing. And the vegetarians 09:19 continue to grow often up until age
18 09:22 they're still growing. And so they end
up 09:25 being taller. Well, that's interesting,
09:28 so another miss kind of crashed and crush there.
09:32 Well, another big concern I mean I hear it
09:34 a lot over the years as the people in my church
09:36 have done health programs and of course I'm
09:38 involved in those. And that is what about
09:41 vitamin B12 and of course that's a concern, 09:47 how do you answer that,
09:48 what's the latest and greatest? 09:49 Well, that is probably the single biggest
concern 09:55 for plant based vegetarians is B12.
09:59 And the reason for it is, B12 isn't really in
10:02 plant foods, it is not made by plants nor is
10:06 it made by animals. And actually B12 is made
10:09 by bacteria and interestingly, 10:13 we have a lot of bacteria in our mouth
and 10:17 those bacteria can make B12.
10:19 And so if you don't brush your teeth a lot,
10:22 you might actually absorb more B12 and get
10:25 more B12. You know we're not recommending 10:26 although. We're not recommending, okay.
10:28 B12 is also you know in the dirt and so if we
10:32 don't wash our fruits and vegetables we'll get
10:35 a little more B12. Okay, these are two ways
10:38 you're not really recommending. 10:41 And also your colleen makes a huge amount
10:43 of B12, because your colleen is teaming 10:46 with bacteria. A lot of people are not
aware 10:48 that one forth of the weight of your
bowel 10:50 movement is bacteria. I was not aware
of that. 10:56 Thank you for making me aware of it,
10:58 okay, so the bacteria is there. 11:00 The bacteria is there its making lots
of B12, 11:02 the problem is B12 is absorbed in the
distal 11:04 ileum, close to the colon, but there
is a 11:06 valve there for good reason.
11:08 So, we don't desterilize the small bowel, 11:12 but if that valve is incompetent you
will 11:14 make plenty of B12. I mean not make
it, 11:17 you will actually absorb plenty of B12
and 11:19 addition to your colon making as and
11:21 so you will never need a B12 supplement. 11:23 You can't count on your valve being
decompetent. 11:26 No, not unless you've had surgery or
if you 11:27 have a genetic issue there. Alright.
11:30 And so this maybe I don't know for sure with
11:34 this maybe one of the reasons why even 11:37 some plant base vegetarians never run
into 11:40 B12 problems. This has been a confusing
factor 11:43 for many people; some people never consume
11:46 any animal products whatsoever. 11:49 And we know that they're not eating
foods 11:51 that are high in B12, we check their
B12 levels 11:53 they're fine. They were up there where
they 11:56 normal individual is however there are
some 11:59 vegetarians, a significant percentage
of 12:02 vegetarians that are plant based that
will start 12:05 to run into B12 problems.
12:06 And it takes a year after they changed their
12:08 diet before this starts to occur because B12
12:11 lasts in the system, it's stored in the system
12:16 for up to a year. But then after that, 12:18 the B12 levels begin to drop and they
can 12:23 drop to the place where actually disease
results. 12:26 Depression can resolve, fatigue,
12:28 loss of energy, anemia can resolve and even
12:31 nervous, permanent neurological deficits can
12:34 occur if the B12 levels are extremely low.
12:37 Now, that's very dangerous, 12:38 we're gonna talk a little bit about
that, 12:40 because I've don't, you don't wanna
minimize 12:42 this problem, it can be a real problem.
12:45 It can be a real problem, in fact I know some
12:48 individuals that, well one individual in
12:51 particular was on a very good diet. 12:55 But was not concerned about the B12
issue, 12:59 she had extremely low B12 levels for
a longtime 13:02 and ended up with a permanent neurologic
13:04 deficit, I mean she walks bent over. 13:08 She have no position sense, meaning
that if 13:11 she were to close her eyes she'd fall
over. 13:14 Because her posterior columns in her
spinal cord 13:16 are no longer active, because they didn't
have 13:18 B12 in them and it's a crippling disorder
that 13:24 she experienced simply due to not enough
B12 13:27 in the diet. We're talking with
13:30 Dr. Neil Nedley, we're talking about common
13:33 concerns that come up concerning the vegetarian
13:36 lifestyle. We're talking about some of the
13:37 advantages; we wanna continue with those 13:39 concerns and continue our discussion
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14:43 you'll be glad you did. 14:46 Welcome back, we're glad that you've
joined 14:48 us or if you've just joined us, we're
glad 14:51 you're with us. We've been talking about
the 14:53 vegetarian lifestyle and its advantages,
14:56 but also some concerns that had come up.
14:57 And join us to talk about this is Dr. Neil Nedley,
15:01 we're glad you with us and we've talked 15:02 about some of these advantages.
15:04 And we've talked about some other concerns 15:07 and we've entered the discussion about
15:08 vitamin B12. You know I heard a number of
15:11 years ago that there are more meat-eaters 15:14 that have vitamin B12 deficiency than
they are 15:17 vegetarians is that correct. That's
true, 15:19 yeah a lot of people think well if I'm
a meat-eater, 15:21 this is something I don't have to worry
about. 15:23 Because meat has more B12 and it simply
15:26 because as more bacteria in it, 15:29 you know the bacteria is what produces
the 15:31 B12 and meat the longer it sits around,
15:35 the longer those bacteria have a chance to
15:38 produce their stuff the more B12 might have in it.
15:42 But the problem with people is the age, 15:45 is they tend to produce less intrinsic
factor 15:48 in their stomach. And the parietal cells
in their 15:51 stomach just won't work like they used
too. 15:54 And thus they're not able to absorb
the B12, 15:57 so even though meat may have plenty
of B12, 15:59 there is two problems with meat as a
B12 16:01 source number 1, B12 can be tightly
bond to 16:05 the fibers in the meat itself that may
not be 16:07 absorbs that readily. And then secondly,
16:10 if they're not making enough intrinsic factor
16:13 they're certainly not gonna be able to absorb it.
16:15 So, regardless if you're a vegetarian or a
16:18 meat-eater you need to be aware of the 16:20 importance of vitamin B12. Over 90 percent
16:23 of people with B12 deficiency are meat-eaters 16:27 and thus I check it out routinely in
people as 16:31 part of their general health physical.
16:33 Because B12 deficiency is so common, 16:36 particularly if someone's over the age
of 50, 16:39 I'll be checking that out because that's
when 16:40 it become even a lot more common.
16:42 Okay we've talked about the concerns; 16:45 we've talked about the neuronal concerns,
16:48 the nerves and different thing when you talked
16:50 about the lady who had real deficits as a result
16:52 of that. What about B12 deficiency in brain
16:55 health? Well, there is quite a link, 16:58 B12 is important for brain health.
17:01 B12 deficiency has been linked to diseases such
17:06 as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease has
17:10 also been linked. Really. And other degenerative
17:15 diseases of the brain can be linked to be B12
17:17 deficiency; depression actually can be cause
17:20 by B12 deficiency. If we don't have enough B12
17:23 around, we won't make enough SAM-e in the
17:26 brain, and SAM-e is needed for the final step
17:29 to give the methyl donation to make Dopamine,
17:32 Serotonin and Norepinephrine, 17:35 three important neurotransmitters in
17:36 the brain. And that's why when someone is B12
17:39 deficient we gave him a B12 shot, 17:41 boy within 24hrs, they've got energy,
17:44 they're feeling a lot better, they're making
17:45 those three neurotransmitters again. 17:48 Well, what about B12 and homocysteine?
17:51 This is some of the new evidence homocysteine 17:53 is a, can be a toxin, it's an amino
acid that's 17:58 produced in excess if we don't have
enough B12 18:00 or enough B6 or Folate around.
18:03 And high homocysteine levels have been linked
18:05 to certain nervous system problems including 18:08 Alzheimer's as well as increasing, dramatically
18:12 increasing risk of heart disease and stroke.
18:15 And so you know interestingly you can be
18:17 on a vegetarian diet which is gonna decrease
18:19 your incidence of heart disease and stroke.
18:21 But if your B12 levels are real low your
18:22 homocysteine can be up and thus you may have
18:25 a risk factor for heart disease that isn't
18:27 uncovered by looking at your cholesterol levels.
18:29 And so that's why I've began the process in
18:32 my office when I see patients of not only
18:34 checking their cholesterol levels but also
18:36 checking their homocysteine levels, 18:38 you may wanna get your doctor to do
that 18:40 for you. And if you find out that it's
elevated, 18:43 it could be related to deficiency of
B12. 18:45 That's right and that's when we would
check 18:47 the B12 levels or the folate levels,
18:50 but B12 deficiency is a lot more common than
18:52 folate deficiency actually. What about 18:54 drinking milk, I mean, will that take
care of my 18:56 B12 problems? Well, this is one of the
biggest 18:59 myths out there and it's a myth that's
also 19:02 present among Seventh-day Adventist.
19:05 You know interestingly I've heard some people
19:07 stayed if you're on a plant based diet and
19:12 you're not taking a B12 supplement all you need
19:14 to do is drink milk and you'll get plenty of B12
19:17 and you won't need to worry about it. 19:20 That is actually not true, milk is not
a reliable 19:24 source of B12 and we have a graphic
that 19:26 explains this. Assuring adequate B12
intake is 19:32 often cited as one of the main reasons
for adding 19:35 dairy to a vegan diet. However not only
is 19:39 evidence lacking to support such a conclusion,
19:41 that there is actually data to the contrary. 19:43 A 1999 Australian study eloquently illustrate
the 19:46 fact that dairy doesn't necessarily
prevent vitamin 19:50 B12 deficiency. This was a study that
was done 19:54 on Seventh-day Adventist ministers who
were 19:56 not using B12 supplements, they were
both vegans 19:59 which means totally plant based vegetarians
or 20:03 lacto-ovo vegetarians and both groups
tended 20:06 to have lower vitamin B12 levels than
those 20:09 who ate meat. And in fact, in that particular
20:12 study, the lacto-ovo vegetarians were just as
20:15 low as the vegan vegetarians. 20:19 And so don't rest assured that you're
getting 20:22 B12 from those sources Okay, so even
20:26 though vegetarians have a lower incidence of vitamin
20:29 B12 deficiency, they need to be aware of it
20:33 and so also do meat-eaters. But what are
20:36 some sources then of vitamin B12 that we
20:40 can rely on, we don't wanna get it from the
20:42 bacteria in our teeth by not brushing our teeth,
20:45 we don't particularly wanna get it from our
20:46 large bowel and all that things that we mentioned,
20:49 so what can we look? Well, you know first
20:51 I must correct you a little bit there; 20:55 it's true that if we take a look at
all groups 20:58 of people that are B12 deficient.
21:00 Ninety percent of them or more would be
21:02 meat-eaters. Right. But as far as the incidence
21:06 of B12 deficiency is concerned, the incidence
21:09 is higher in vegetarians. Okay. 21:11 Then it is in the meat -eating population
and 21:13 so that's why it is the big vegetarian
concern, 21:16 because it's kind of the only factor
that people 21:19 can find out there where vegetarians
might 21:22 have more of a problem than the average
21:24 meat-eater. But having said that it doesn't need
21:29 to be a problem, if vegetarians are 21:32 consuming sources of B12. And these
are 21:36 some of the sources of B12; we have
them 21:39 up there on the screen. Organic soybeans
21:42 would have very low amounts, organic will
21:45 means grown in heavy in manure and of course
21:47 you might get some B12 just through osmosis
21:50 through the plants that way. Egg Whites 0.2,
21:54 Skim Milk 0.3, Soy Milk 1.0 and of course that's
21:59 because it is supplemented. Total cereal 22:03 will have a 100 percent of your daily
22:04 requirements, which is 6 micrograms per day.
22:09 And then there were other additional sources
22:12 of B12. Okay, so Total Cereal, a Product 19
22:17 Cereal. Fortified Soy or Rice Milk is hard to find
22:21 any milk out there right now there are not
22:23 supplement with B12 because this has become
22:26 an issue. And then there many supplements that
22:28 you can take out there, vitamin supplements 22:30 and B12 supplements that are out there.
22:33 If you were to consume cows milk as a source
22:36 of B12, the skim milk would be preferable. 22:38 But again that's not a guarantee that
your 22:41 B12 levels are gonna go up that much,
22:43 because they are actually as less as cows
22:45 milk and there is in most of the soy milks today.
22:48 Yeah, okay, so those are the vegetarian 22:52 sources of B12, there were some overall
22:56 sources and then some. Yeah and what I
22:58 would like to recommend to the average 23:01 vegetarian out there. Is if you don't
have a 23:04 source, a laboratory source where you
can 23:06 get your B12 level checked every year
which 23:08 I can get, I mean our own laboratory
does a 23:11 very good analysis of B12. But if you
don't 23:14 have an access to that, just be safe
and take 23:16 a B12 supplement, they are very cheap,
23:19 they're very effective. You can absorb them
23:22 under your tongue or if you chew them, 23:24 they get more readily absorb,
23:25 you don't wanna swallow and hold. 23:27 Because you're not gonna absorb them
as 23:28 much, 100 micrograms a day would be
plenty, 23:32 you only need 6 but a 100 micrograms
is 23:35 an assurance and there is no problem
of 23:36 getting that much B12, even a 1000 micrograms
23:39 a day is not a problem. But if you're consuming
23:43 huge amounts like 3000 micrograms a day,
23:46 then that will start to began to shut down
23:48 your melatonin levels. You know an interesting 23:51 question that you may have thought about
23:53 so I'm just gonna throw it out there and that
23:55 is you know we often talk about how science
23:59 validates the diet of Genesis 1:29. 24:02 And then adding the vegetables later
in 24:04 Genesis chapter 3. But these seems to
be 24:07 kind of that the one that, it doesn't
seem 24:09 to hold true to. What have you thought
24:12 about that over the years? Well, you know
24:15 and that's why some people have an issue 24:17 with this kind of you know refused to
consider 24:24 B12 supplements. It's kind of interesting
24:25 Ellen White spoke about this, there were people
24:28 in her day who had totally gone to plant 24:32 base sources of nutrition. And they
didn't 24:35 have B12 supplements back down.
24:37 And they were getting ill. Dr. Crest was one of
24:39 them and she told him specifically to get back
24:43 on dairy and eggs, particularly eggs she said,
24:47 more so than dairy. You see eggs were a
24:49 better source of B12 than the milk was. 24:53 And than she said that eventually God
would 24:56 work this problem out, but she said
for now 25:02 you need the animal foods. And of course
I 25:05 think he has worked it out simply because
25:07 B12 is so readily available and it's the only
25:09 thing that's not there. Now, in the original diet
25:13 they probably was B12 there or you know, 25:15 we didn't have to worry about washing
the dirt 25:17 away. You know, you just got the fruits
and 25:22 the vegetables from the garden and what
came 25:24 with them was probably the B12 there.
25:28 But now due to the pesticides and those 25:29 types of things everyone wants to wash
25:31 their fruits and vegetables. 25:34 And so we maybe washing away some of
25:37 the B12 there, we don't really realize all
25:40 the intricacies of it. We do know that about
25:42 half of vegetarians will never run into a B12
25:45 problem, even though they are totally plant based.
25:48 The other half can and so just to be on the sure
25:52 side just take a B12 supplement like I said
25:56 it's cheap, it's effective and it will prevent
25:58 your a lot of problems down the road. 26:02 You have the couple of graphics on Omega-3
26:05 talk me about that briefly. 26:06 That's another concern of vegetarians,
26:08 that they may not can be getting enough 26:09 Omega-3, Omega-3 primarily is present
in fish 26:13 and one of the graphic shows us the
fish that 26:15 are high in Omega-3. Drum fish, Tuna,
Salmon 26:19 higher yet, Halibut and Mackerel or
I should 26:23 to say Atlantic Mackerel. But they are
plant 26:25 sources. Yes, I should mention that
all of 26:28 those fish that are high in Omega-3
they're 26:30 all clean fish, they're all fins and
scales. 26:32 Okay. The fish that are not clean,
26:34 very poor sources of Omega-3. 26:37 Okay and then what about plant sources
there? 26:38 Plant sources are the preferable way
because 26:40 you don't have to worry about mercury
and 26:42 you don't have to worry about toxins.
26:43 And the plant sources are up on the screen,
26:45 Almonds come out pretty good there, 26:48 Green soybeans much higher in Omega-3,
26:50 again wheat germ if you're eating white bread
26:52 you're not getting your Omega-3, 26:53 you're getting it through that whole
wheat or 26:55 the wheat germ. Black Walnuts are a
26:57 1000mgs and English Walnuts are higher than
26:59 Black Walnuts. And the highest source is
27:03 Flaxseed as far as plant source, 27:06 there is also a seed called Chia seeds
they 27:08 were almost as high as Flaxseed.
27:10 And so you can get Omega-3 if you're paying
27:13 attention to those types of foods in your diet
27:17 and eating them occasionally. 27:19 Well, thank you so much for being with
us today 27:21 Dr. Nedley and thank you for your webpage
as 27:24 well www.nedley publishing.com and
27:26 www.Dr.nedley publishing.com, a lot of
27:28 resources there for our viewers as well. 27:31 Thank you for being with us, we've talked
27:33 about the advantages of a vegetarian diet.
27:35 And they are many, they're far out way the
27:39 concerns, but those concerns are valid as well,
27:42 don't just minimize them. Take the advice today
27:46 with your heart and put it in the practice and
27:48 we know as the result that you will have health
27:51 that will last not just now, but for a lifetime.